jai

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See also: Jai, jäi, -jai, and j'ai

Basque

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯/
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xai̯/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒai̯/
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jai̯/

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  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: jai

Noun

jai inan

  1. festival

Declension

Declension of jai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive jai jaia jaiak
ergative jaik jaiak jaiek
dative jairi jaiari jaiei
genitive jairen jaiaren jaien
comitative jairekin jaiarekin jaiekin
causative jairengatik jaiarengatik jaiengatik
benefactive jairentzat jaiarentzat jaientzat
instrumental jaiz jaiaz jaiez
inessive jaitan jaian jaietan
locative jaitako jaiko jaietako
allative jaitara jaira jaietara
terminative jaitaraino jairaino jaietaraino
directive jaitarantz jairantz jaietarantz
destinative jaitarako jairako jaietarako
ablative jaitatik jaitik jaietatik
partitive jairik — —
prolative jaitzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “jai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “jai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Pronoun

jai m/f pl

  1. (third-person plural masculine and feminine pronoun, oblique case) them

Gothic

Romanization

jai

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌰𐌹

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From jẹ̀ (“to fall”) +‎ aí (“ground”), literally “to fall on the ground”. Cognates include Fon jàyǐ, Saxwe Gbe jɛ̀ nyì, Adja jè anyi, Ewe dze anyí

Pronunciation

Verb

jàí (Nigeria)

  1. to fall

Derived terms

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *jahət.

Pronunciation

Adjective

jai

  1. bad, evil (of personality)
  2. broken (of stuff/things)
  3. ugly (of appearance)

Iu Mien

Noun

jai 

  1. Alternative form of jae (“chicken”)

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jai f

  1. third-person singular dative of ji

Makasar

Etymology

Cognate Acehnese jai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟai/,
  • Hyphenation: ja‧i

Adverb

jai (Lontara spelling ᨍᨕᨗ)

  1. many, much, a lot
    Synonym: loe
    Jai doeʼna
    He has a lot of money.
    Pilaʼ jai tau battu
    More and more people are coming.

Derived terms

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

jai

  1. grass, turf
  2. woods

Middle English

Noun

jai

  1. Alternative form of jay

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

Adverb

jai

  1. already

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or a variant of gai (“joyous, cheerful”).

Noun

jai oblique singular, m (oblique plural jais, nominative singular jais, nominative plural jai)

  1. jay (bird)

Descendants

  • French: geai
  • Norman: geai
  • → Middle English: jay, gaye, jai, jey

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV jai
Brazilian standard fai
New Tribes jai

Pronunciation

Noun

jai (possessed jaichü)

  1. older sister
  2. older female parallel cousin

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 73: “jaichü”
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